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Two Pyramids at Santo Nombre Archaeological Site were Restored by INAH

December, 17 2010

Art Daily

Consolidation works at the Pyramid of the Snails Two 7 and 14 meters high pyramidal structures that present similarities with the Teotihuacan architectural style were restored and consolidated at the Santo Nombre Archaeological Site, in Puebla, as part of the work focused on the opening of the site by 2012.

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3,000 year old statuary fragments depicting Hapi and Amenhotep III found at funerary temple

December, 17 2010

Heritage Key

The two fragments recently uncovered at the mortuary temple of Amenhotep III in Luxor. On the left is the head of the baboon god, Hapi and on the right are the legs of another red granite statue. Two 3000 year old statuary fragments, depicting the god Hapi and King Amenhotep III, were unearthed in Egypt this week.

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Raptor fossil found in Utah

December, 17 2010

Independent Online

Scientists have discovered the oldest reported raptor like dinosaur in eastern Utah.

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Capes shifting sands reveal a mysterious prize

December, 17 2010

Boston Globe

The silhouette of the mysterious wreck can be seen just off the beach in this aerial photo. The ever shifting sands of Cape Cod have parted to reveal a new mystery, a 50 foot long shipwreck in shallow waters just off of North Beach Island in Chatham, town and state officials said.

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Archeological site on Ingonish Island dates back thousands of years

December, 17 2010

Cape Breton Post

Over a period of two summer seasons (1975 and 1976) an archeologist from St. FX University in Antigonish excavated a prehistoric archeological site on Ingonish Island that dates back at least 7,000 years.

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The Dane who dug up the UAEs earliest history

December, 17 2010

The National

Beginning in 1959, Sheikh Zayed drove Danish teams from Moesgård Museum to sites where he knew ancient remains were buried. This tomb in Al Ain dates back to the Early Bronze Age. Courtesy Moesgård Museum The archaeologist Jens Vellev (the Danish Indiana Jones) is best known for his efforts investigating the death of the astronomer Tycho Brahe. But he started out by excavating tombs in Al Ain thought to date back to the second millennium BC. Erin Conroy reports

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Pompeii skeletons reveal secrets of Roman family life

December, 15 2010

BBC

The AD79 eruption of Vesuvius lasted for over 24 hours and caught the population utterly unprepared The remains of the Roman town of Pompeii destroyed by a volcanic eruption in AD79 continue to provide intriguing and unexpected insights into Roman life from diet and health care to the gap between rich and poor.

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Hungry Maoris burned forests to grow food

December, 15 2010

ABC Science News

Sudden catastrophic burning transformed the NZ landscape 800 years ago Polynesian people began burning the forests of the South Island of New Zealand almost as soon as they arrived about 800 years ago, researchers have found.

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Prehistoric Dice Boards Found: Oldest Games in Americas?

December, 15 2010

National Geographic News

Potential gaming surface found at Mexico's Tlacuachero archaeological site. Photograph courtesy Barbara Voorhies. New theory for mysterious 5,000 year old semicircles in Mexico.

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Iron Age settlements unearthed in Oman

December, 15 2010

Gulf News

The findings are expected to help archaeologist in understanding more about the cultural history of the region. Archaeologists with the Ministry of Heritage and Culture have unearthed evidence of Iron Age (2000 3000 BC) settlements in Oman during excavation in the Sohar Port area, according to Biubwa Ali Al Sabri, Director of Excavation and Archaeological Studies at the Ministry.